The Study Of LiZhi's Ethical Thought On Enlightenment

Li Zhi is a famous heresy thinker in the later period of Mingchao in China, and he is the heirs of Wang and Taizhou School from the academic origin. He has been awarded by continueing the mad thought, suspicion and critical spirit of Taizhou School, has weakened the moral color in the heart , highlight the natural aspects of human nature, promoted the main body particularly individual independence, free and equal significance, demonstrate a strong spirit and value of the Enlightenment.This paper, from an ethical point of view on Li Zhi's enlightenment thinking, and mainly from four areas to elaborate. The first chapter is about his view of principle and wants . he changes predecessor's viewpoint and rationalizes the natural desire of people.and preaches "then all of the tens of millions of people to" meet of the human desires. Chapter II, in the concept of justice and interests , Li Zhi thinks everyone is selfish, and everyone has personal interests and seeks victory, that only "profit before justice." Li Zhi's freedom and equality of its Enlightenment thinking is a major bright spot, in the third chapter of this issue were also discussed. In the equal question Li Zhi insisted that"the common people may say expensively, the king may say inexpensive", thought the human, no matter in the talent or the morals are equal, thus denied the so-called high and low in any case; Regarding the understanding of free, Li Zhi mainly elaborates its individuality free development viewpoint from the individuality principle angle. Chapter IV on value judgement, Li Zhi denied the right and wrong of take the Kongzi as the right and wrong, and further proposed own value judgment standard, namely matter merit and people's intrestes.tThese four aspects manifested Li Zhi to surmount the same time person's unique thought and the opinion fully, he manifested although the emancipation of man's individual character spirit, the selfish desire spirit, the request equal, thought that to challenge authority's thought , rip open the sky at that time , suffocate the society passed a sunlight and the crisp air, to afterward progressed the thinker to have the important initiation function, and had huge model to our modern society thought construction and the social practice with the instruction function.